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Stoplight - API Management Software

Stoplight Reviews in June 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Stoplight Reviews & Ratings

4.3

Very Good

Based on 397 ratings & 262 reviews

Rating Distribution

Excellent

(191)

Very Good

(60)

Good

(4)

Poor

(7)

Terible

(0)

Expert's Review

Stoplight has garnered widespread praise for being an exceptional API design and documentation platform, setting itself apart from its competitors. Users consistently highlight its intuitive graphical interface that simplifies API design, seamless code view switching, and real-time collaboration capabilities. The platform's user-friendly layout caters to both ...Read more

Stoplight pros and cons

  • Provides an excellent API design and documentation platform, making it a standout solution in the market.

  • Features a user-friendly interface that accommodates both seasoned developers and newcomers, enhancing accessibility.

  • Offers intuitive and easy-to-use design tools, including a graphical interface for real-time editing and git integration.

  • Facilitates the creation of scalable and exportable OpenAPI specs for structured API documentation.

  • The platform can be complex and intimidating for newcomers due to the richness of features and customizations, requiring proper support for onboarding.

  • Limited selection in the Marketplace for additional apps and connectors may restrict advanced functionalities, potentially limiting customization options.

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Consultant in Computer Software

01/27/19

4.5 out of 5

Great tool for API specification and Documentation

What do you like best? A single place for all definitions - data models, API Specification for both internal and external services, alongside a great authoring tool - allowing me to create compelling documentation for our internal developers and third-party developers using our APIs. What do you dislike? There is nothing I dislike, but there are points for improvement. However, they continue to improve the product and I assume most of the needs will be addressed. What problems ...

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01/27/19

4.5 out of 5

Great tool for API specification and Documentation

What do you like best? A single place for all definitions - data models, API Specification for both internal and external services, alongside a great authoring tool - allowing me to create compelling documentation for our internal developers and third-party developers using our APIs. What do you dislike? There is nothing I dislike, but there are points for improvement. However, they continue to improve the product and I assume most of the needs will be addressed. What problems are ...

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08/28/18

5 out of 5

Best way to design an API

What do you like best? Stoplight has put an amazing user interface on top of API documentation. Their tools a quick, easy to use, and really well done. Additionally you always have access to view the Swagger data driving the application with is really useful for more technical users. What do you dislike? It was difficult for our team to keep this up to date. A more streamlined integration with AWS API Gateway would have been great (and may exist now I haven't checked. ...

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Island P

08/28/18

5 out of 5

Best way to design an API

What do you like best? Stoplight has put an amazing user interface on top of API documentation. Their tools a quick, easy to use, and really well done. Additionally you always have access to view the Swagger data driving the application with is really useful for more technical users. What do you dislike? It was difficult for our team to keep this up to date. A more streamlined integration with AWS API Gateway would have been great (and may exist now I haven't checked). ...

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08/27/18

5 out of 5

Helping promote API-first design and addressing deficiencies

What do you like best? The collaborative OAS API design features of Stoplight have be extremely valuable in prompting our team to address API deficiencies for several of our services. Teams can be formed and assigned to specific APIs being developed for the organization. The tool itself has enabled our teams to address missing or deficient APIs for several services, and to do so in an OAS compliant way. In most cases, the services were pre-existing but had no (or limited API. Stoplight ...

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08/27/18

5 out of 5

Best API documentation creator

What do you like best? We analyze a lot of API documentation product and Stoplight is the best for us. It is very flexible and affordable system and it is a SaaS. They also have a good support, and they correct small bugs asap. What do you dislike? It may be a bit difficult to use at the beginning, but it is due to its potentiality and flecibility What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Public REST API documentation

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A. R. J

08/27/18

5 out of 5

Helping promote API-first design and addressing deficiencies

What do you like best? The collaborative OAS API design features of Stoplight have be extremely valuable in prompting our team to address API deficiencies for several of our services. Teams can be formed and assigned to specific APIs being developed for the organization. The tool itself has enabled our teams to address missing or deficient APIs for several services, and to do so in an OAS compliant way. In most cases, the services were pre-existing but had no (or limited) API. Stoplight ...

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Emilio R

08/27/18

5 out of 5

Best API documentation creator

What do you like best? We analyze a lot of API documentation product and Stoplight is the best for us. It is very flexible and affordable system and it is a SaaS. They also have a good support, and they correct small bugs asap. What do you dislike? It may be a bit difficult to use at the beginning, but it is due to its potentiality and flecibility What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Public REST API documentation

08/27/18

4.5 out of 5

Contract-first Design Enabler

What do you like best? Contract-centric design and testing. Collaboration built-in directly for the product. Attractive documentation sites. Fair-use pricing. Thoughtful, nimble team. What do you dislike? Some growing pains as part of Stoplight Next development cycle / feature parity with previous version Recommendations to others considering the product: If you are looking for a contract-centric choice in the Swagger ecosystem - this is the one that best-matches a contract & ...

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Jason S

08/27/18

4.5 out of 5

Contract-first Design Enabler

What do you like best? Contract-centric design and testing. Collaboration built-in directly for the product. Attractive documentation sites. Fair-use pricing. Thoughtful, nimble team. What do you dislike? Some growing pains as part of Stoplight Next development cycle / feature parity with previous version Recommendations to others considering the product: If you are looking for a contract-centric choice in the Swagger ecosystem - this is the one that best-matches a contract & ...

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